तथैव मुष्टिक: पूर्वं स्वमुष्ट्याभिहतेन वै । बलभद्रेण बलिना तलेनाभिहतो भृशम् ॥ २४ ॥ प्रवेपित: स रुधिरमुद्वमन् मुखतोऽर्दित: । व्यसु: पपातोर्व्युपस्थे वाताहत इवाङ्घ्रिप: ॥ २५ ॥
tathaiva muṣṭikaḥ pūrvaṁ sva-muṣṭyābhihatena vai balabhadreṇa balinā talenābhihato bhṛśam pravepitaḥ sa rudhiram udvaman mukhato ’rditaḥ vyasuḥ papātorvy-upasthe vātāhata ivāṅghripaḥ
- tathā
- also
- eva
- similarly
- muṣṭikaḥ
- Muṣṭika
- pūrvam
- previously
- sva-muṣṭyā
- with his fist
- abhihatena
- who had been struck
- vai
- indeed
- balabhadreṇa
- by Lord Balarāma
- balinā
- the powerful
- talena
- with His palm
- abhihataḥ
- struck
- bhṛśam
- violently
- pravepitaḥ
- trembling
- saḥ
- he, Muṣṭika
- rudhiram
- blood
- udvaman
- vomiting
- mukhataḥ
- from his mouth
- arditaḥ
- tormented
- vyasuḥ
- lifeless
- papāta
- he fell
- urvī
- of the earth
- upasthe
- onto the lap
- vāta
- by the wind
- āhataḥ
- struck down
- iva
- like
- aṅghripaḥ
- a tree
Similarly, Muṣṭika struck Lord Balabhadra with his fist and was slain. Receiving a violent blow from the mighty Lord’s palm, the demon trembled all over in great pain, vomited blood and then fell lifeless onto the ground, like a tree blown down by the wind.